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Susann Lyons
(Obituary ~ 02/28/13)
Susann Lyons, 72, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper, Inc. She was born Nov. 2, 1940, in Stoddard County, Mo. She was the daughter of the late Soloman Langston and Thelma (Bess) Langston-Seabaugh. Also preceding her in death was her step-father, Howard Seabaugh and a grandson, Nathan Johnson...
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Betty Henderson Joyner
(Obituary ~ 02/28/13)
Betty Henderson Joyner, daughter of the late George Allen and Ruth Brown Carwile, was born in Flint, Mich., on Dec. 6, 1928, and died at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on Feb. 25, 2013, at the age of 84. She had lived in Dexter most of her life and attended the First General Baptist Church. She had worked as an LPN for Dr. Robert Jibben, Sr. several years ago. She and her husband loved to travel and had spent the winter in Brownsville, Texas for several years...
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Velvadean "Dean" Hendrix
(Obituary ~ 02/28/13)
Velvadean "Dean" Hendrix of Poplar Bluff died at the Westwood Hills Health Care Facility in Poplar Bluff on Feb. 23, 2013, at the age of 86. Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Puxico is in charge of all arrangements.
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William "Bill" Crutchfield
(Obituary ~ 02/28/13)
William "Bill" Crutchfield, 74 of Kirbyville, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at his residence. William "Bill" Davidson Crutchfield was born Nov. 9, 1938, in Bernie, Mo., to the late Ralph and Viola (Davidson) Crutchfield. He attended school in Bernie. After school he moved to St. Louis where he worked for McDonald-Douglas Aircraft as a machinist and welder for five years. He then became an over-the-road truck driver and lived in Wentzville for many years...
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New survey finds 18.2 percent of households in Mo. unable to afford enough food in 2012
(State News ~ 02/28/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. --February 28, 2013 -- 18.2 percent of respondents -- or more than one in six people - in Missouri reported in 2012 not having enough money to buy food that they or their family needed at some points during the prior twelve months, according to a new report released by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)...
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Statewide drill slated to take place March 5
(Local News ~ 02/28/13)
JEFFERSON CITY -- The National Weather Service, the State Emergency Management Agency and Missouri's local emergency management offices urge Missourians to use Missouri Severe Weather Awareness Week, March 4-8, as an opportunity to plan and prepare for how they will react and shelter in response to severe weather. Missouri will conduct the 39th annual Statewide Tornado Drill on Tuesday, March 5 at 1:30 p.m...
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MoDOT schedules area roadwork for next week
(Local News ~ 02/28/13)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Route F in Stoddard County will be closed next week as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance. This section of roadway is located between County Road 420 and Route J. Weather permitting, work will begin Monday, March 4 and Tuesday, March 5 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily...
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Local girl gives from the heart
(Local News ~ 02/28/13)
Fifth grader Sarah Mooy, at Dexter's Central Elementary School, has a new look -- and her fellow students and family have a newfound respect for the 10-year-old who has always been known on campus as "the girl with the longest hair." Sarah's locks hung down nearly to her knees and have become her trademark over the past few years. But all that changed recently when she visited a local hairdresser and had 25 inches of hair cut for a personal, and very special purpose...
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Winona upends Bernie
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/13)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - The Class 2 boys basketball sectional between the Bernie Mules and Winona Wildcats came down to the wire Wednesday night at Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff. The Mules trailed the Wildcats 65-62 after Bernie's David Baker knocked down a desperation 3-pointer with seven seconds remaining to cut the deficit to one possession. ...
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County joins effort to create regional disaster center
(Local News ~ 02/28/13)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Stoddard County is one of 10 counties in Southeast Missouri working to create a regional center to help emergency management officials to respond to major events such as floods, earthquakes, tornadoes and other disasters. Stoddard County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Kent Polsgrove and State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Area Coordinator Mark Winkler presented the plan to the County Commission and it was approved in January. ...
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